Katrina Evacuation Directives

Plaquemines Parish has declared a mandatory evacuation. Officials were in the process of picking up special-needs residents at mid-day Saturday.

Jefferson Parish officials declared a voluntarily evacutation for most of the parish but a mandatory evacuation for the coastal areas of Grand isle, Crown Point, Lafitte and Barataria.

St. Bernard Parish has recommended all residents evacuate, though it likely will not declare a mandatory evacutation because the parish won't offer shelters, said Emergency Management Director Larry Ingargiola.